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Buddhist scripture attributes this very old monastic site to the time of the Buddha, founded by a banker named Ghosita. The site has been located near Kosambi and identified by inscriptions. Archaeology suggests continuous occupation down to the sixth century when it was likely destroyed in the Hun invasion. Xuanzang found it an unoccupied ruin.

See Sukumar Dutt, Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India: their history and contribution to Indian culture (London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1962), p. 65.
See also the excavations at Kosambi published in Indian Archaeology (1955 - 56).
Src: India
Input by: Stewart Gordon, Aug 28, 2009

"Kosambi is near Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. Kosambi was once great historic city with the capital of Vamsa. The city has witnessed several important events in the Buddha's life. On the tour of Kosambi, you will come across the Ashokan Pillar and the ruins of the Ghositarama, which was first built during the Buddha's lifetime. […]"http://www.buddhisttoursindia.com/buddhist-tour-destinations/kosambi-tours.html

"The Brahmans generally asserted that it [Kosambi - tmc] stood either on the Granges [a typo, Ganges - tmc], or close to it, and the discovery of the name of Kosdmui mandala, or " Kingdom of 'Kosambi," in an inscription over the gateway of the fort of Khara, seemed to confirm the general belief, although the south-west bearing from Prayaga or Allahabad, as recorded by Hwen Thsang, points unmistakably to the line of the Jumna. In January 1861 Mr. EC Bayley informed me that he believed the ancient Kosambi would be found in the old village of Kosam, on the Jumna, about 30 miles above Allahabad. …"http://books.google.com/books?id=eXIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA303